Thanks. But the problem is even when I hide it, it still response to a
button press.
However, if I miss out the last line CtlSetEnabled(), then it will not
response to the button press.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Philip
Sheard
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:39 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: Unable to disable a control button
> I don't think you can disable a button in the standard fashion. I usually
> just hide a button when I don't want it clicked. I haven't found the
> article, but I remember reading its accepted practice to not show UI
> elements when you want them to be disabled.
I think you are on the right lines here. CtlSetEnabled is intended for use
with push buttons and checkboxes. if he wants to disable a button, he should
just hide it.
> > I tried to disable a control button by using
> >
> > CtlSetEnabled( ...., false);
> > Myfunction();
> > CtlSetEnabled( ....., true);
> >
> > but when I press the button during the execution of Myfunction(), the
> system
> > still respond to the button I pressed during that time after
Myfunction()
> > has finished.
> > Any idea?
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